Transcript of Peter Brown's video appeal

Hello, my name is Peter Brown and I'm the Executive Director at the Free
Software Foundation.

Hello, my name is Peter Brown and I'm the Executive Director at the Free
Software Foundation.

The free software movement is one of the most successful social
movements to emerge in the last 25 years, driven by a world-wide
community of ethical programmers dedicated to the cause of freedom and
sharing.

Yet the ultimate success of the free software movement depends
upon teaching our friends, neighbors, and work colleagues about the
danger of not having software freedom, about the danger of society
losing control over its computing. The Free Software Foundation works on
three fronts to advance the cause of the free software movement.

And third, we campaign
for the adoption of free software and free data formats and against the
adoption of proprietary software and proprietary data formats. We also
run very important campaigns against digital restrictions such as DRM
and treacherous computing. And we campaign against software patents that
all too often restrict software development and put at risk everyone who
distributes free software. But all these campaigns are focused at
raising awareness as to why it is ethically and socially responsible for
society to be in control of its computing. The Free Software Foundation
is the only organization that focuses on this aspect, yet it is the most
important area.

For society to have computer user freedom, we must make freedom our
practical goal. Right now, the Free Software Foundation is running its
year-end fundraising campaign. We rely entirely on individuals like you
to donate or join the Free Software Foundation as its members. So if you
use free software, if you use GNU/Linux and you support computer user
freedom, please get involved, please join the FSF as a member and
support our work.